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Paul Smith's College VIC to host sustainability and resilience forum
Ma'ikwe Ludwig, a TEDx speaker and longtime sustainable community activist, will lead a presentation and workshop at the Paul Smith's College VIC on Nov. 1. The TED-style talk, which begins at 9:30 a.m., will be based on Ludwig's recently published ...
Oct 9, 2017, 2:46pm EDT
Paul Smith's College students win bass fishing championship
Paul Smith's College's Jon Herrman and Taylor West netted first place in the New York - The Bass Federation's Collegiate Cup Championship on Sunday, Oct. 1 on Lake Champlain. With the win, the two qualified to represent New York in The Bass Federati...
Oct 4, 2017, 4:05pm EDT
Paul Smith's College alum donates $1 million
A 1958 graduate and longtime benefactor of Paul Smith's College donated $1 million to help the institution renovate its chemistry laboratories. The gift from John Dillon, retired chai...
Sep 5, 2017, 10:04am EDT
Paul Smith's College announces new faculty
Paul Smith's College will kick off the fall semester with seven new faculty members when classes begin Sept. 6. "The start of the semester at Paul Smith's is always an exciting time," said Nicholas Hunt-Bull, provost of Paul Smith's College. "Having...
Aug 28, 2017, 10:14am EDT
Paul Smith's community gears up for second annual Climb it 4 Climate
Climb it 4 Climate, a climate change awareness project and fundraiser for Paul Smith's College student scholarships and sustainability programming at Osgood Farm, will enter its second year this September. Running Sept. 9-24, the hiking-oriented fun...
Aug 22, 2017, 10:47am EDT
Paul Smith's College announces lineup of September events
Paul Smith's College will host several events next month, beginning Wednesday, Sept. 6, with the Paul Smith's Music Festival, featuring Annie in the Water, Run With It, and the Seth Yacovone Band. The festival, which will run from 4:30 to 9:30 p.m. ...
Aug 16, 2017, 11:27am EDT
State Sen. Betty Little visits Paul Smith's College School of Logging
Students and instructors at the School of Logging, a logger-training program at Paul Smith's College, received a visit from New York state Sen. Betty Little this Friday, Aug. 4. Little, who helped make the program possible through securing a $300,00...
Aug 4, 2017, 2:57pm EDT
AWI stewards intercept hydrilla on personal watercraft trailer at Upper Saranac Lake
On July 29, watercraft inspectors Dave Prosser and Bayle Reichert inspected a pair of personal watercrafts attempting to launch at the Saranac Inn State Boat Launch on Upper Saranac Lake, subsequently detecting and removing a strand of hydrilla (water ...
Aug 2, 2017, 11:34am EDT
Paul Smith's College launches logger-training program
The School of Logging is in full swing at Paul Smith's College until Aug. 5. The four-week course prepares students to become loggers who are ready to enter the workforce. They learn to safely operate common logging equipment such as chainsaws,...
Jul 25, 2017, 10:36am EDT
Paul Smith's College professor: Recently discovered toad endangered by construction project
A Paul Smith's College professor who helped discover a rare species of toad is urging the public to help save it from extinction. Eric Simandle, professor of Natural Sciences, and his colleagues at the University of Nevada, Reno say a proposed ...
Jul 5, 2017, 8:41am EDT